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"Viruses" is a form of "virus", a noun which is often translated as "el virus". "Bacteria" is a form of "bacteria", a noun which is often translated as "las bacterias". Learn more about the difference between "viruses" and "bacteria" below.
virus(
vay
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rihs
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (medicine)
2. (computing)
bacteria(
bahk
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tir
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i
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uh
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (biology)
a. las bacterias (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The illness is caused by bacteria and not a virus, so we should be able to treat it easily.La enfermedad es causada por bacterias y no por un virus, así que deberíamos poder tratarla fácilmente.
b. la bacteria (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The doctor said that a test will show if some rare bacteria is making me sick.El doctor dijo que una prueba comprobará si alguna bacteria extraña me está enfermando.
